Australia's prime minister decided it was a good idea to wear these sunglasses

In the hours before Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott took a step closer to the chopping block, he was touring around a timber yard in Victoria.

It was here that he made a last-ditch attempt to relate to the people of Australia and breath life into his crumbling leadership — Victorian prankster Emerson Smith decided to lend the PM his stylish sunglass and create another kind of political nightmare

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Abbott put on the sunnies — that bear a disturbing resemblance to Oakley's Radarlocks not seen on streets since 1999 — and snapped a once-in-a-career selfie. Read more...

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